Vin Structure

{
  "asOf": "2026-10-12T00:49:44.384Z",
  "checkDigitPosition": "X",
  "country": "United States",
  "degraded": false,
  "disclaimer": "Screening signal computed from the named public source. Not financial, legal or investment advice; provided as is. Verify at the source before acting.",
  "likelyModelYear": 1989,
  "likelyModelYearBasis": "7th character is a digit: model year 2009 or earlier (passenger cars and light trucks/MPVs)",
  "modelYearCandidates": [
    1989,
    2019
  ],
  "modelYearCode": "K",
  "normalised": "1M8GDM9AXKP042788",
  "notChecked": [
    "the check digit (use /vin-validate)",
    "make, model and trim (use /vin-decode)",
    "…2 more"
  ],
  "plantCode": "P",
  "reasons": [
    "7th character is a digit: model year 2009 or earlier (passenger cars and light trucks/MPVs)"
  ],
  "region": "North America",
  "serialNumber": "042788",
  "smallManufacturer": false,
  "smallManufacturerNote": null,
  "source": "computed locally",
  "summary": "VIN 1M8GDM9AXKP042788: manufacturer code 1M8, region North America, country United States; year code K means 1989 or 2019.",
  "vds": "GDM9A",
  "verdict": "PARSED",
  "vis": "KP042788",
  "wmi": "1M8"
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://vehicle-vin.x402tookit.com/vin-structure?vin=1M8GDM9AXKP042788'

# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://vehicle-vin.x402tookit.com/vin-structure?vin=1M8GDM9AXKP042788' \
  | grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decode

// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";

// Pays at most $0.02 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.02" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);

// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.02 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvehicle-vin.x402tookit.com%2Fvin-structure
const res = await pay("https://vehicle-vin.x402tookit.com/vin-structure?vin=1M8GDM9AXKP042788");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client

# Pays at most $0.02 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.02"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.get("https://vehicle-vin.x402tookit.com/vin-structure?vin=1M8GDM9AXKP042788")
    print(res.status_code, res.text)